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From: ywliu@beta.wsl.sinica.edu.tw ()
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs
Subject: Re: FreeBSD2.0R: Problem with vi in a xterm
Date: 6 Jan 1995 08:52:10 GMT
Organization: Computing Center, Academia Sinica
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Stephan Kauss (ska@kauss.rhein-main.de) wrote:

: Hi Folk's,

: I have problems with the "vi" in my xterm.
: The "vi" use only 23 lines (My xterm has 38 lines). So if I edit a file
: I type the ^l very offten.
: The command "resize" didn't change the problem. I set the TERM and TERMCAP
: variable correct.

 I have the same problem on several Unix platforms, including HP-UX, Sun
Solaris 2.3,etc. I don't think this is a FreeBSD-related problem. I am not 
a Unix wizard and I don't know why. But all I can do to remedy this is :

  stty rows <any_number_you_want>

Yen-Wei Liu